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Speculating in the run-up to a Budget or the Autumn Statement is always a little tricky, as the vested interests of different parties and groups make plenty of noise in the days before the chancellor gets to his feet in an increasingly rowdy House of Commons.
I'll freely admit I was predicting a postponement rather than the more generous cancelling of the 3.01p fuel duty rise, although there's still a rise in duty scheduled for next September that we'll hear more about in next spring's Budget statement.
But hidden away in the documentation that's published after the headline-grabbing main points was the mention of something I had expected to be resolved.
The massive benefit-in-kind hike for drivers of ultra-low-emission vehicles from the 2015 tax year is, if any of the interested parties to be believed, having a big impact on company users' willingness to take on vehicles such as the pure electric 0g/km Nissan Leaf or 27g/km plug-in Vauxhall Ampera.
At present there are no discounts at all from 2014 for drivers of these cars versus people driving a 94g/km model.
When it was announced, the decision struck me as on the same lines of sensibility as the pasty tax or static caravan tax, both of which have now been rescinded.
But we've now got to wait until April, at least four more months of uncertainty for a fledgling area of the market with plenty of other worries, before getting the clarity of what I hope will be BIK concessions for ultra-low-emission models. A missed opportunity.
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